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David M. Luebke

@davidmluebke.bsky.social

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Historian of the Reformation, early modern world, social movements, uprisings. Helped create the permanent exhibition at Holocaust Museum in DC, ages ago. Union activist. Amateur cook and photographer. Opinions are my own, RT ≠ endorsement. 💙🌊

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · Nov 21

For new friends: I'm a historian who writes about the religious cultures and social movements of early modern Europe, mainly, 1500-1800, especially the Holy Roman Empire. Co-PI in the "Shared Churches Project." Faculty union activist. My latest:

www.bloomsbury.com/us/empires-r...

The Empire’s Reformations

The Empire's Reformations provides a concise overview of reform movements in 16th-century Germany that gave birth to the modern division of western Christianity…

www.bloomsbury.com

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 6h

News from the Upside Down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 9h

Look who's pro-Hamas now!

#Hamas

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Trump’s everlasting peace in the Middle East held for 24 hours, so now he has to defend Hamas killing people to keep his Nobel Prize hopes alive.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview into a chaotic, militarized town

An intensive immigration operation ordered by Trump has quickly transformed Broadview, Illinois, into the beating hot center of the resistance.

How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview into a chaotic, militarized town

An intensive immigration operation ordered by President Donald Trump has quickly transformed Broadview, Illinois, into the beating hot center of the resistance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 1d

In cities with actual abiding police officers, THIS WAS INEVITABLE.....

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 1d

There will be no Phase II. There will be peace in Gaza and no Nobel Prize for peace in Gaza.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Mockler: I think we need to spend more time talking about phase two and the actual peace deal, rather than some Nobel peace prize, when that hasn't been achieved yet.

David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 1d

Following!!!! 💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊

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Roxine King @roxineking.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful to be included in this power packed Starter Pack thanks
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, we are the Nazis now

#ICE
#Fascism
#signalboost

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Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 1d

This is the coup. Buckle up!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 2d

Our very own Heydrich

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Stephen Miller Has ‘Central Role’ Probing Liberal Groups

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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Anne Golden @annegolden.bsky.social · 6d

The lawyers whom Tr*mp has forced into court to prosecute Comey, in violation of law, facts, and ethics, will be destroyed. He ruins the people who refuse to obey him, and he is ruining the people who do obey him. The only answer is to join the resistance.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 2d

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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 3d

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 3d

Following! 💙💙💙

David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 3d

Our Dale is very much not into STFU

David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 3d

At least he's honest about it.

David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 3d

Here's how one pastor celebrated the Gaza ceasefire.

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, Monty Hall was really good at what he was really good at...

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 4d

Good thing he's not immune from prosecution

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 4d

One thing that the last few months have done is shown us with clarity is who among us would have hidden Anne Frank & her family and who would have turned them in to the Nazis

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 5d

"BREAKING: A librarian fired by in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves just got the last laugh – a $700,000 settlement for violating her first amendment rights. 👏 May this be a warning across the nation.
"-op unknown

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